While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

The Court hath no Almanack.

The Court hath no Almanack.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.

A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.